BRIDGEPORT Bridge and Interlocking (Chicago, Illinois)
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railway, interlocking, drawbridge
Formerly centered around a bascule type movable bridge Bridgeport was a junction on the old Alton route out of Chicago. A tower with a GRS pistol grip machine used to be located above the bascule counterweight, but was removed after the tower closed.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°50'22"N 87°39'53"W
- Norfolk Southern 47th Street Yard 3.8 km
- CSX 59th Street Intermodal Terminal 4.8 km
- BNSF Corwith Yard & Intermodal Facility 5.3 km
- The Loop (Chicago Transit Authority) 5.8 km
- Union Pacific's California Avenue Yard, and Metra's "Western Avenue" / Milwaukee District Facilities 6.9 km
- Norfolk Southern 63rd Street (Park Manor) Yard 7 km
- UP 40th Ave Yard 8.8 km
- BNSF Clyde Yard 10 km
- Pacific Junction (Tower A-5) 10 km
- CN Schiller Park Intermodal Yard 22 km
- Ashland Marketplace 0.3 km
- South fork of the south branch of the Chicago River 0.6 km
- McKinley Park 0.9 km
- Lower West Side 1.1 km
- Bridgeport 1.2 km
- Henry C. Palmisano Nature Park 1.4 km
- Boat yard-- now vacant 1.4 km
- Fisk Generating Station 1.5 km
- Pilsen 1.5 km
- Benito Juarez Community Academy High School 1.5 km